Biography Jacques Van Aalten

The following is from Marilyn van Aalten Hiller, niece of the artist:

Jacques Van Aalten, my Uncle, was born April 12, 1907, in Antwerp, Belgium, and died May 24, 1997 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was a graduate of the National Academy of Design and a Life Member of the Art Students' League of New York.

He studied at Grande Chaumiere, Paris and taught at the Nassau Conservatory of Art, Rockville Center, N ew York. He also had the Van Aalten Studio School in Detroit.